Last Year There Were 300 New Ph

question 60

Multiple Choice

Last year there were 300 new Ph.D.s in chemistry looking for academic jobs. Of those, 100 were women and 200 were men. Nationwide last year there were 75 new hirings in chemistry departments. How many of those new hires would be expected to be women if there was no gender discrimination?

• A) 15
• B) 20
• C) 25
• D) 50

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Definitions:

Anti-Markovnikov Addition

A type of chemical addition reaction where the substituent is added to the less substituted carbon atom in a double bond or alkyne.

Peroxides

Chemical compounds containing an oxygen-oxygen single bond, or the peroxide anion O2^2-. They are often powerful oxidizing agents.

Stereochemical

Pertaining to the spatial arrangement of atoms in molecules and the effect of this arrangement on their chemical behavior.

Regio-

A prefix used in chemistry to describe the region or position in a molecule where a reaction takes place.